The Sun. — London, England, 1808-11-12 00:00:00

FROM THE SPANISH PAPERS. BILBOA, OCT. 1 6.—The following is a copy of a letter addressed by the English Colonel, who accom panies General BLAKE'S array, to the Deputies of the Lordship of Biccav The noble sentiments with which he is anxious to inspire the Deputies will doubtless have the desired effect ; and they already swear to avenge the insults offered to the poorest Biscayan peasant; f or there is not a calamity of any descr iption,which this.province has not suffered from thosewhocall themselves the regenerators and friends of Spain " In the character of an Officer sent by the British nverntnent to giv e every poss ibl e aid to the glo rious Cause of the good Patriots, I have the honour to address myself to you, in the absence of the English Generals BRODERICK and LEITH, who will soon be here, and to offer you my most sincere con gratulations upon the happy event of your deliver ance from a wicked and perfidious enemy, who, un der the mask of friendship, attempted to invade Your most sacred rights, and to impose upon you the yoke o f s l avery. Bilboa is now free, and its territory proteaed by a formidable army. But its greatest security consists in the difficulties and em barrassments to which the enemy is reduced, and the i Mpossibility of repeating his cruelties in this P r ovince, His iniquities have reached their highest Pitch, The torch of desolation and destruction p it h which he ravage d so many innocent provinces ya ,extin gu i s h e d . Th e fi n i shing blow is on the u a r e 'ht of bei ng g i ven to all his enormities. He is isse rr t ," d ed on all sides by armies of unequalled erY anct enchitsiam, who have sworn, in the pre cuee of the God of Armies, not to la y arms until they down their insulted h have annihilated those who have , t- e God of Truth and his Holy Religion.— "°'e violators and assassins of so many innocent ramifies, now they (nit find themselves reduced to the last and are retreating to the fortresses, where - Y e xPed to delay that just vengeance from which they cannot escape b. happy moment has arrived when the noble 40 1iscayners may take part in the common cause, and i l . r aw the sword in defence of their religion, their theerty, and their beloved country, manifesting to :L W hole world, that it had hitherto remained in e scabbard only from the imperious necessity of Circumstances wherein they were placed, and g i ving the enemy most convincing proofs that the 1 , 0 9 04 of the valiant Cantabrians still flows in the . -I ,_s of the Biscay ners. Already I rejoice to see the enthusiasm that animates all ranks of the people with whom I have conversed in Bilboa, and other part s 01 this L or d s hi p, and I promise myself the Cause e oefici a l resu l ts will accrue to the common T brror n a . general arm ament o f t h e i n h a b itants. m . h e Governtnent, p enetra t e d w i t h t h e itioisjt,jest s entiments o f i n di gnat i on on b eholding the sL"uns, fallacious and cruel conduct of their enemy of'' h t enemy of truth and the dist ur b er o f the repose and all e nations of Europe, have resolved to assist ' Porti su PPort your j ust cause, w i th a liberality pro ..""cll t) ned to its mer i ts an d t h e glorious struggle in Spain is engaged. English vess e ls h ave arr i ve d .„" Your coast, laden With arms, stoics, and money. A here are also in your country English agents, sent „ b y that Government for the s o l e p ur p ose o f your C a ltnunic.ating to them your necessities, which will relieved without delay. t t o lYou may therefore animate your own hopes and 36 , 00 ° „ t Your fellow-citi zens w i t h th© assurance of te s i d " English troop s s p ee dil y arr i v i ng to assist you. arts. es this force y ou h ave i n your ports the brave t o t ( of th e M arqu i s D e LA ROMANA, which, joined e le ho less va li ant army of G a li c i a, will make the t h tt L e h know an d f eel ( even in their own country), taecno r rors which th e y have Millard upon, this loy a l f or le n• Impr ess i t upon your countrymen, that those r 4 _ 'llklable enemi es w h om t h ey h ave to encounter, deleef brave only in attacking women, children, and se n e e ne eless town s , an d continually fly from the pre- Ju st -e h ° _, f equal force, a truth of w hi c h y ou h ave s et , "au a proof. Lose not a mom ent i n ma k ing a cia'leral ar mament. The delay of this work for a With a n hour, a n i nstant, may operate ' unfavourably ti regard t o t h e op i n i on, entertained of the Noble tease:Yans. To yo u belongs organization of y our to c ountrymen, who on ly pant for opportunity .: 4 ,„ li nguish thems e l ves . Sp a ,zou will not s uff er t h e hi story o f this glorious " I sh war to be brought to a c l ose , w i t h out i nsert- lint 6 s the rein the heroic achi evements o f t h e descend of ( el ,. those Cantabrians who were always the first i e ' n ,in the t i me o f the Romans) to give an exam ehhooi their attac h ment to the i r country, and their t ow r reoce of a foreign yoke. Lay before your fel isetiell'untrymen, and remind them of the heroic nals of °f their ancestors. Eiplain to them the an- Cotn esis g eir wars ag ain s t the Romans, and the other been s i i i n which their valour and patriotism have sr fed since that epoch. X r i ti ' k i lns far, Gentlemen, as an individual of the 11.7 L., su nation, who is at present in this country, I e taken the liberty of offering to you my senti ev"ts and services, which are tile same that animate f e r.Y individual of the British nation. I shall feel PPy it I can, i n any degree, c o ntr ib ute to the de -I,eas ee of this kingdom, and shall with t h e greatest 4:sl'r°P ure (should such be 's will) shed the last of my blow; tor so just a cause. " I have the honour, &c. (Signed) " We. PARKER CAIIROL. " Lieut.-Col." I;l4%('ltt).xNA, OCT. 27.—Yesterday morning disem tnana4 2000 of the British army under the cow shon," of Sir DAVID BAIRD. They consist of sharp - -le s ~. , light troops, and artillery; all good-look thei'en, highly disciplined, and particularly neat in I cil r clothe s and accoutrements. It must be ac iinvvledged t h at the British nation have, in every ancie. that arrived at an admirable degree of perfection ; hi nd the ot h er nations are still a great way be at, — n i d thern. They f orme d t h e i r b attalions to the rnta , ,cat musi c o f a very warlike description, and „.:"ed off in the best or d er to P a ll oza. V I C Cl an ., 4 ' OCT. 15 . — Th e English and our brave of is ° Perate a co ns id era bl e d i vers i on on the coast the oussillon. The inhabitants, notwithstanding awa °Pliression they labour under, are perfectly W z re h of the impolitic proceeding of their Tyrant. hi R8.'41180011 learn what force they are coileaing greatersillon. W e are at present assured that the i Part will be Italians. tli e 3 : I t" dated from the camp of St. Geromino on cl Ler:h utt. says :—" At midnight the 3d regiment Id a tea s y„ along the Strand of BdrCCiUild as far as the other side of St. Adrian, where the ene my had an encampment. The regiment of Man resa passed the Besos between Santa Coltman mid Saint Adrian. Three companies of Vich, and the third regiment of Lerida formed the column of re serve. Before day-break the 3d of Lerida dk charged a volley into the enemy's camp, and without giving them time to fire a single shot, rushed on them with the bayonet. We do not know the exaet amount of the enemy's•loss ; but as they had no time to prepare for resistance, and were surprised in their very huts, they were completely routed. The Miquelets of the 3d of Lerida and their biyo nets were covered with blood, and each of them declared that he killed four, five ; or six Frenchmen. The 3d of Mauresa, on their side, discharged a volley at the advanced post of the enemy on the other side of the Besos ; and the French behaved in so cowardly a style, that every man of them fled as far as San Martin, without firing a single shot. A company of Vich being ordered to assist the 3d of Lerida, they completely drove the enemy from their encampments, and the Miquelets have returned load ed with knapsacks, various articles of clothing, and biscuit. The enemy had from 18 to 22 men and 3 horses killed, and lost two military chests, and 15 muskets. We took two Prisoners. Our loss consisted of three wounded, one of them so badly, that he is since dead. The enemy have com pletely disappeared. During the whole of the day there - has been a firing heard in the direction of Moncada ; and there also they have been driven from their camp, and their huts set on fire. It ought to be observed, that during the whole of the day the French were unable to make any use of their can non." It is mentioned in another private letter, that the enemy had made a sally, with the intention of pil laging- the villages of St. Clemente and Villaclecans, and that they had been beaten and driven back wits considerable loss. • A letter from Pnigcerda, and another from Am purdan, agree in stating, that the Miquelets who were raised in Roussillon, with the promise of three pesetas a day, and the booty of Catalonia, have been basely deceived, and conveyed to the north in chains. VELASSA DE MAR, OCT. 7. , —With respea to the French we are now much at our ease; for 5000 Miquelets, encamped at San Geronimo de la Murta, under the command of the brave Colonel D. FRAN CISCO MELANS DEL BOSCH, pole& us against any attempt the French may make' in this quarter.— Their sallies now do not extend beyond tile distance ofa gun-shot and a half from the walls of Barcelona ; and their vedettes and advanced parties fly the instant a few Miquelets make their appearance. The rein forcements daily arriving at our head -quarters at Villatranca, among which are 6000 troops of Arra gon, under the command of the Marquis De . LAZAN, and 280 of the Spanish hussars who have landed at Tarragona, will completely hem in the Mousieurs, who now do little more than harrass with their in- quitous decrees the unfortunate and distressed inha bitants. of Barcelona. We'have advice from Roussillon that there were 10,000 young conscripts under orders to enter Spain, but that they had been countermanded ; and it ap pears: that they wiil confine themselves to the de fence of their own territory, in case of an invasion being attempted by the Spaniards. The inhabitants of Rousstlion are dissatisfied with the infamous con duet of the .French troops in Spain. They are deter mined taut to submit to the terrible conscription de manded by BUONAPARTE j and assert, that if the Spanish troops should enter 'their country, respelling their persons and property, they will with the great est pleasure submit to Spain. The inhabitants of the frontier towns are sending into the interior their money and moveables, being apprehensive of an irruption on our part. In the environs of Junquera we have 12,000 men, consisting of Miquelets, and the second batlalion of the Volunteers of Barcelona, under the command of Don NARCISO LAVALETC. Government, we are assured, have it in contempla tion to send out supplies of beef from Ireland, and of oats, as well as hay, from this Country, for the supply of our troops in Spain. A letter from Heligoland, dated Nov. i, says, " Private advices state the situation of Austria as quite warlike, and consider the commencement of hostili ties between that Power and France as inevitable.— The two Emperors expeded on the 14th of Oaoher to be joined by the Emperor of Austria and the Archduke CHARLES j but being disappointed, they left Erturth that evening, not at all in the same opi nion upon some points. Russia's application, in conjunttion with Fiance, to Great Britain, is repre sented as constrained, and done by ALEXANDER 10 give him an opportunity of separating himself from NAPOLEON upon something like fair terms. I have reason to think that all this will prove pretty accu rate." There are letters from Holland of the 7th instant, by which we learn that it was in the contemplation of the Dutch Government, the more effeclually to -preyebt the further introduolion of goods of British manufaCture by any means into Holland, to cause that au account immediately be taken of all such goods in the warehouses and she/pi or ►merchants and traders, the- whole of which the proprietors were to be at liberty to sell; but a law was to be passed, prohibiting the receipt of stick) goods in future, on pain of seizure and confiscation. Notwithstanding all these severe restrithons, the Want of Colonial produce is so severely telt in France, that it is con fidently asserted that BUONAPARTE has consented that the ports of L'Orient and Vasnes shall not, in future, be closed against neutral vessels laden with those articles. Four Portuguese sailors contrived to make their escape from Flushing, in an open boat, on the 7th inst. and arrived at Deal on Wednesday night last. They report that there were nine Sail of the Line, a .50 gun Ship, and a Frigate, lying ready to sail at an hour's notice, if they could escape the vigilance of the British Squadron. LORD DottcllESTEß.—Yesterday died suddenly, the Right Honourable GUY CARLETON, Lord DOR CHESTER, Knight of the Bath, a General in the Army, Colonel of the 4th, or Queen's own Dra goons, Governor of Fort Charletnont in Ireland, and Governor-General and Cotrnander-in-Chief in Canada. His Lordship is succeeded in his title and estate by his eldest son THomAs, now Lord Doe- CHESTER, a Genera] in the Army, Lieutenant-Go vernor of New Brunswick, and Colonel en second of ..the 60th Fo,it MIDDLESEX COUNTY MEETJXG. Yesterday a Meeting of the Freeholders of Mid dlesex was held at the Mermaid, Hackney, to ad dresS his Majesty on the late Treaty concluded by the British Officers in Portugal. The SHE,RIFFS stated the purport of the Meeting, and the requisition signed by several respeCtable Freeholders. NIE CLIFFORD, the Barrister, then made an Ad dress to the Freeholders on the disgrace attached to the Convention, and having dilated on the right which the subjects of this Realm had to petition the King, concloded by moving the Address, which was in -substance as follows :—" That your Majesty will be pleased to take into consideration, that the li berty of petitioning the Throne on every important occasion, is an inalienable right derived from our ancestors. That the late disgraceful Convention in Portugal, which has disappointed our best founded expectations, calls for immediate enquiry; and that your Majesty should immediately assemble your Parliament, to take the most efficacious measures to discover and bring the delinquents to justice. That we humbly assure your Majesty, that whosoever advised the Answer to the late Address of the City, aided in violation of the principles of the Constitu tion, which placed your Majesty on the Throne." Mr. REDHEAD YORKE said, that the Convention of Cintra had his decided disapprobation, as well as that of the - Gentleman who had prepared the Ad dress, but he could not give his sandion to the in sertion of other matter which was totally extraneous. Instead of confining themselves to the purpose of the Meeting, they proposed to give his Majesty a leCture on the Constitution of the British Army, and advised steps, which, if adopted, would subvert the military code of the country. He was happy, however, to hear the Gentleman who had opened the subject disclaim all party 'views, for, in his opinion, the hickerings of political parties in the present situation of the country amounted to constructive The first part of the Address which he should exa mine, was that which censured his .Majesty's Mi nisters for the answer which had been given to the Address of the Corporation of London. That an— swer, he said, was such as they deserved, for sure ly they could not pretend that their Address was not the work of party. Had they prayed for investiga tion when the particulars arrived and were published, the answer might indeed hive been reprehensible ; but 'when the Address had not been presented for upwards of two months after, she hats were before the public, and that it was notorious that an inves tigation was to take place, he thought the condu& of the Citizens of London highly reprehensible, and deserving of the censure they had received. Their condual, as well as that of several other bodies over the kingdom, had been produced by the intrigues of party. After his Majesty's Royal word had been pledged that orders had been given to investigate the causes which had produced an event which disap pointed the hopes and expectations of the people, a Meeting had been held of the inhabitants of West minster, ostensibly to petition for that very thing which his Majesty in Council had promised, but really to discuss matters entirely unconneCted with it, such as a Parliamentary Reform, the Abolitibn of Sinecure Places and Pensions; things very good in themselves, but totally irrelevant to the question be fore them. A Court of Inquiry, which had been so much objecled to, had many advantages over a Court Martial, inasmuch as they were not confined in their investigation to the conduct of any particular . Officer or Officers, but had the power of examining whom they pleased, whether the parties were em ployed in the military department or not. Neither the Members nor the Witnesses were examined on oath, which was a Circumstance more likely to elicit truth than the rigorous and confined forms of a Court Martial. As the subjeCt could not possibly undergo an investigation in Parliament, he could not see any necessity for convening that body for that sole pur pose, and he should not say any thing inure on that head. He should therefore move, as an Amendment to the proposed Address, " That the Freeholders of the County of Middle sex should express their thanks for the many ad " vantages which they enjoyed under his Govern " ment, thank him for having ordered an Inquiry " into the causes which led to the late Conven t i on i n " Portugal, and express their approbation of the " mild and just rebuke which his Majesty gave the " Corporation of London." But as there appeared to be considerable objeaion to the latter part of the Motion Mr. YORKE con sented to expunge it. Mr. WELLS seconded the Amendment. Mr. WAITHMAS and Major CARTW RIGHT spoke in support of the original. Mr. MELLISH said, it was indecent at this time to address the Sovereign on the subject of the Treaty ; his Majesty had given his gracious word to proeiote proper inquiry, and the Freeholders ought to wait until the Court of Inquiry (which would shortly be held) had decided, If justice should not be done by their decision, then the Freeholders might come forward, and he would willingly join with them in an Address to obtain the desired object. Mr. WAITFIMAII next observed, that be was con scious the inquiry would not be made, unless Minis ters were spurred on to it. Mr. BYNO rose and said, he had expressed his disapprobation from the first moment he heard of the Treaty in Portugal, because it had injured the honour of his country, acrd the cause winch it was the glory of every Briton to espouse. He approved of the present Address, and he was also anxious to express his sentiments on the late reproof to the Citizens of London. Odious as the Treaty of Cin tra was, it would be still more odious to be silent on the reproof alluded to. It was the right of subjects to petition the King, and said, if they did not join hand and heart in support of that right, our liberties were lost for ever. He concluded by giving his sup port to the Address. The question was then put, and after some clam our and a division, the Address was carried. Mr. CLIFFORD then moved, that the Address should be signed and delivered to the Sheriffs, and that the latter should inquire of the Secretary of State when the same could be presented, in order that they might obtain a knowledge of the precise time, and publish it in the papers. This motion was unanimously agreed to. The thanks of the Meeting was then.voted to the Sheriffs tor their liberal conduct in the chair, and it was resolved that the proceedings should be publish• ed in the INTorning Papers. The Sheriff.t.nally re turned 'thanks for the -honour conferred upon them, and they expr:ssed a hope, that the decorum wil:ch marked that assenibly wonkl re,.inait) 3t) example for similar fncetins.., THE CASE OF THE Dail, Baitiatl.V. t • Many remarks have lately a peared i7a' the Public Papers, reflecting on the 13Jai Owners of Deal. We have endeavoured to collect :dl the inform ition pos sible to guide our judgment, before our pages be came a vehicle of censure on so useful a class of men. They are accused of a combination—but, can com bination be said to exist in a profession like theirs, which is open to every subjeift of the empire, with out any lee or servitude whatever ? So open is the access to the business of a Deal boatman, that r,iany men, practising other trades, are accustomed to go on the water whenever they find their account in it. Nor is there any thing to prevent the London ship-owners from sending down 500 watertnen at once, to attend the merchant shipping in the Downs. We always like to hear the pros and cods of a question ; and, with this disposition, we should be glad to hear something said of the complaints of the boatmen. These, we understand, are not a few. To enumerate one, fur an example :—Their services for carrying off anchors and cables to ships in tl:e Downs, in gales of wind, whereby they encounter very great danger, in launching through raging seas, and delivering such heavy articles alongside of vessels in the Downs, often in the night time, the tides running with the ut most rapidity, the winds blowing tremendously, and the ship, alongside which they are, pitching bows under, while the boat is in the utmost danger of foundering before they can get the anchor and cables unloaded. Indeed, without the greitest skill and activity, which it cannot be denied these peopleare possessed of (we will say there are nonesuch availed the whole coast of this country), services there • could not be performed. Nov,' we understand, by a recent AEI of Parliament, these boatmen are com pelled to refer the remuneration of ;heir services to Commissioners appointed by the Lord Warden, without any discretionary power in themselves to re fer the same to arbitrators, indifferently chosen by the parties interested. This they think very hard; for they believe that the authors of the Act in ques tion, were the Ship-owners, or the Committee at Lloyd's, or persons employed by them. They com plain that the role of ,irbitration, the most equitable of all rules, is abandoned, and they contend that the Ship-owners might to do one of two things, " Either send down boatmen of their own, to attend on their shipping ; or, in employing the present boat men, refer all disputes to arbitrators, chosen e i nally and impartially by both sides." SINGLE STICK. The grand match of Single Stick, - Somerset against all England, for 3o guineas, took place at Frome, on Monday and Tuesday last, and afforded much excellent sport ; if was truly a feast for the amateurs • of this manly exercise. The principal objea of this MA tCh was to afford the Somerset and Wiltshire gamesters an opportunity of displaying their prowess. The Wiltshire men, after losing six heads, declined for the first day all farther contest ; and the Somer set men of course secured that day's priZe, bdt not without tirst exciting the admiration of the specta tors, by the excellent sport among themselves that they displayed. The second day a very strong party from Wiltshire attended, and both parties (though in the most friendly manner) seemed determined to uphold the lame their counties have so long enjoyed. The Somerset men, who on this day met the Wilt shire without padding, had six tyes of two heads each, before their opponents could claim one; at length, however, the Wiltshire obtained two tyes, but the odds being so great in favour of the Somer set, those - gamesters in the most handsome manner, offered &its and Maslen (the two Wiltshire tyes) their portion of the prize, which they cheerfully accepted, and both parties spent the remainder of the day together with good will and harmony. It seems the vaults under St. George's church, Dublin, are to be occupied by wine: • what an un usual circumstance for the Clergy, who in this in strznce only will be forced to preach over it! We have from Kelso the following particulars of a dreadful tire in that neighbourhood : " On Tuesday evening last, about six o'clock, a dreadful fire broke out at the farm of Caverton Mill, in the neighbourhood of Kelso, possessed by Messrs. D. and A. M'DouGAL. A servant first gave the alarm that the dwelling-house was on fire, when Mr. A. M`DOUGAL immediately ran out, and found the roof of the house already in a blaze. The wind blew at the time with excessive violence, so that every attempt to mitigate the rege of the flames, or stop their progress, was vain. The dwelling-house was quickly consumed, together with nearly the whole of the furniture. The fire then communi cated to the stables, barns, &c. and all but one sta ble were burnt to the ground. Two horses, unable to be got out, perished in the flames ; the rest were saved. The fire next reached the barn-yard, in which were 53 stacks of corn and bay, 14 of which were consumed : the prudent precautions and a&ive exertions'of the people, who flocked from all quar ters to tender their assistance, preserved the re mainder: These, with the horses and cattle, (me stable, and a few implements of husbandry, are all that now retrain. The household furniture and farm stock are insured in the Sun Fire-Office. The fire was accidental." Among the vast national improvements at the, eastern part of the Metropolis, Shadwell Market is, now rebuilding upon an extensive scale, and, be in g near the shipping, and in the midst of a great p a p a ., lation, will open with every prospect of success.— For this month past several workmen have been em ployed to dig a well, to fix a cast-iron pump in the centre of the market; and, what is very extraor dinary, although the neighbourhood of Shadwell abounds with springs, the well-diggers have been obliged to dig upwards of 75 feet before they found water, which has now risen 70 feet, i. e. within five feet of the surface. Died, at Touderghie, in the County of Wigton, in Scotland, on Monday, the 31st of Odober last, HUGH STEWART, of Touderghie, Esq.—lt is quested that his relations and friends will accept of this intimation of his death. i I